The Legend of the Loved One

Chapter 45

Five days later, the imperial decree from the capital arrived in Yanzhou.

After receiving the imperial edict, Xu Jinhe let out a long breath, her husband finally succeeded.

She still remembers that when she was six years old, she met a wandering Taoist on her way, saying that she was a dignitary. At that time, the family laughed and thought that the Taoist said something nice and obedient to ask for some money. Isn't the daughter of the Duke's family a noble?
Later, she grew up and married King Heng. Her husband was a talented prince. She was satisfied and devoted to him.Her father Pei Guogong married Concubine Jing just because of Wang Heng's talent.In the words of my father, the current emperor was not a prince in the past, and he has not been able to sit firmly in the world since then?Since he is a talented prince, everything is possible.

So when she first came to Yanzhou with King Heng, even though this strange place was desolate, she was not discouraged. She believed that her husband had the ability to manage this place well. Sure enough, he spent ten years changing the place, This made Yanzhou a leader among the states in Daqi, and it was as rich and stable as the capital.

But her husband was never content with the status quo. He hibernated in this land, but he was always preparing to return to the capital. Until now, he succeeded.

She also succeeded, and what awaits her is the future mother's seat in the world, and she will become the most honorable woman in the entire Song Dynasty.

On the morning of the same day, Xu Jinhe summoned the stewards of Prince Qi's Mansion to arrange the specific matters one by one. At that time, he sent a message to order the courts to step up their arrangements. After everything was in order, they officially set off ten days later.

After explaining to the servants, she specially ordered Qiugui to go to Zishaoyuan to take care of them.

Ever since the experience of sending money in the garden, Qiugui and Zishaoyuan became warmer, or it was Xu Jinhe and Xia Wanyin who became warmer, but Xu Jinhe hindered her status as a princess, and also hindered the other two courtyards, so she did not behave. Obviously, let Qiu Gui run errands to take care of everything. Of course, she will cultivate her own useful person when she enters the palace. Xia Wanyin is a useful person, so she must take good care of her first.

As for Zi Shao Yuan, they were naturally flattered.Because of her status as a concubine, the people in the whole courtyard have always been low-browed and pleasing to the eye in the palace. In the past, Xia Wanyin was even better when she was favored, but since Wantang Garden was established last year, Song Chen never came here to spend the night again. The concubine's Xia Wanyin had naturally fallen out of favor, she was even more cautious for a while, she didn't dare to show her airs, she usually gave in as soon as she could, that's why she let the head of the spoon be blackmailed.

But it's different now, with the concubine's care, their treatment is obviously much better, and they can raise their heads a bit when they go out.

The arrival of Qiugui this time shocked everyone even more.

These women in the backyard don't know much about the business in the prince's front yard, but when the news from the capital came out one by one recently, the servants of the palace would of course have speculations and discussions.

I heard that their lord will be the next person to sit on the dragon chair. If King Heng becomes the emperor, then Xia Wanyin, who is a concubine, will naturally be able to enter the palace. It belongs to the princess, and the two side concubines in the mansion should also be promoted to concubine status, so what will happen to Xia Wanyin who was born as a concubine?

Qiugui said in private that since the princess likes Mrs. Xia, the future harem affairs will naturally be considered by Mrs. Xia. As someone who comes out of the palace, she will at least be a noble person. Not impossible.

Xia Wanyin was deeply moved. As the oiran of Linglongfang back then, there were many nobles who wanted to marry, but she was not tempted. She felt that only the best man in Yanzhou was worthy of her appearance. , and the best man in Yanzhou City, who else is there besides King Heng?
Later, she won the bet, she entered the palace, became his wife, and made people in the market look at her with admiration. In fact, she was satisfied. She never thought that she would have a higher status.

Concubines in the harem, accompanying the emperor, that is the dream of all women in the world!

But this dream that belongs to her is about to come true.

Different from the joy and encouragement of Zi Shao Yuan, there is some sadness in Yin Mei Yuan.

Li Jiaoyun is from Yanzhou, her natal family is in the magistrate's yamen in the city, as a lady of the scholarly family, she is gentle and dignified, it is not that she has never dreamed about marriage, but helplessly, her father sent her to Hengwang's mansion , became a side concubine.She admitted that King Heng is very good, he is a man who is easy for women to fall in love with, but what's the use of falling in love with him, she is just a concubine, she once loved him with all her heart, but what she got in return was an unsatisfactory fate.

She was full of hope to give birth to a son, but was adopted by others. If she hadn't had a daughter later, she really didn't know how she would survive in the future?Her own flesh and blood is right in front of her eyes, but she can't raise him, watching him being raised by others, she never dared to take care of him easily.

Because she is just a concubine, she has no right to fight with his wife.Moreover, it cannot be contested at all.

After Xia Wanyin entered the mansion, Song Chen gave her less thought, and her life was much better than before. Danweiyuan no longer stared at her everywhere, and she took her daughter with her, so she even had a lot more living space.She secretly felt much better in her heart.

So seeing that she is going to the unfamiliar capital, and facing the even more turbulent deep palace, what should she do?A man loves her, and her hardships are worth it. If a man no longer loves her, or has never loved her, then her life is just a waste of time.

If given a choice, she would rather marry a commoner than any kind of wealth and glory, and would rather share joys and sorrows with simple food and light food, as long as her husband treats her sincerely, enjoys the respect a woman deserves, and does not want to be a victim of rights.

Compared with other courtyards, Wantang Court is much simpler. Chu Xue’s letter was delivered with the imperial decree, and she explained what she would bring in the letter. Ruyue is careful, so naturally she doesn’t have to worry about it. In addition to some items, Chu Xue also specifically specified that she would bring Qijing back to the capital. There are also servants in the palace of the capital. Naturally, the servants here don’t have to go with them. Leave.Now it is time to employ people, Chu Xue has been with Qi Jing for a few days, and thinks that she is considerate, stable, and very good, so she made a special confession, for fear of pulling her down.

In this way, there will be no extra people in the Wantang Garden, except Ruyue, Qijing, Jinyu, and Huixin. When everything is finished, the brigade of Hengwang Mansion in Yanzhou will set off .

Because of Song Ning's presence, they were worried that the little girl would be unwell due to the bumpy road, so the group slowed down. After ten days of exhausting travel, the Hengwang Mansion in the capital finally welcomed all the masters for the first time.

Ever since he took over the government, Song Chen has become even busier, but even though he is busy, he handles all the official duties in an orderly manner without any shortcomings. After all, he has been preparing for so many years, and his vision has never been short-sighted. Therefore, when the major events of the whole world are in front of him, he still handles them calmly and in an orderly manner.

This finally made Emperor Jianhe, who was still ill, relieved a little.This child is indeed worthy of a great responsibility. He secretly rejoiced that the Song family finally had successors, and it was not too late to make amends.

On the second day after the family members arrived in Beijing, Song Chen led the whole family into the palace to say hello.Due to the rebellion of the abolished prince, his sons and family members were also exiled, so the palace has been quiet for a long time. At this moment, when he saw Song Chen's children for the first time, Emperor Jianhe smiled and enjoyed the family happiness, and his spirit seemed to be Much better.

So after Xu Jinhe returned to the mansion, he discussed with Song Chen, let the children enter the palace every day to pay respects to the emperor's grandfather, and seeing that the father and the children were in good spirits, Song Chen also nodded in agreement, so for several days, With the company of his grandchildren, Emperor Jianhe, who had moved to Funing Palace, seemed to be in much better spirits.

But the good times didn't last long. One morning after a month, after an official from the Ministry of Criminal Justice visited Song Chen in a hurry, Song Chen was rarely silent.

Xue Yuesheng, the only deposed princeling who was at large, was arrested and brought to justice.

In fact, as early as after the first assassination, Song Chen sent someone to investigate Xue Yuesheng's background, because he knew that with the courage of the abolished prince and the ministers around him, he would not do anything to assassinate him first , then, there must be an accident, and Xue Yuesheng is exactly this accident.

In fact, before the prince sent someone to assassinate him, Song Chen had no chance of defeating him so quickly, but the prince's sudden attack made him see this opportunity.

So he took advantage of everyone's shock and quickly directed the second assassination and the surprise attack on the Chu Mansion in the capital and Cao Qian in the prison. Of course he didn't want the lives of Chu Lin and Cao Qian, but he just took this opportunity to implement the In Emperor Father's mind, the prince was suspected of murdering his brother and murdering his brother.

But after it was done, he kept thinking, who is this Xue Yuesheng?

Instigating the prince to murder him, if something happens to him, with his royal father's character, he will definitely investigate. It is not difficult to find out who did it. And if the prince is also deposed because of this, who will be the biggest winner?
Among the seven brothers, apart from him, there is another one who is good at strategy, which is the old King Si Ning.

Combined with the detected information, Song Chen is 100% sure of the mastermind behind Xue Yuesheng.

King Ning.

It's a good trick, the mantis catches the cicada and the oriole is behind.

After the Gongbian incident, Song Chen actually knew where Xue Yuesheng had fled. In the vast world, it is not difficult to allow a person to hide, but it is a pity that King Ning was too ruthless to kill people, and the result was that Xue Yuesheng He took the initiative to surrender to the court in order to expose King Ning's evil intentions.

In this way, the Ministry of Criminal Justice was chasing fugitives, but it led to a major case involving another prince. This was beyond their capabilities, so they had to report it.

Song Chen's silence lies in the fact that he originally thought that with his father's way of acting, he could mercilessly kill the rebellious officials and thieves, but after his father's illness this time, he discovered that his thunderous father is also vulnerable. On the other hand, the betrayal of his two sons this time has already caused him a serious mental injury. If he knows that there is another fourth child, will he be able to get over it?

But the Ministry of Criminal Justice already knew that it was no longer something he could suppress if he wanted to.

After a moment of silence, he ordered: "Call the Minister of Dali Temple, Du Yushi, and Minister of the Ministry of Punishment to come to see this king. If you want to commit a crime of rebellion, you need a joint trial by the three divisions."

The subordinates were ordered to withdraw.

Funing Palace.

Emperor Jianhe, who had moved here for many days, couldn't help but frown when he saw the director of the Sanju Department and Song Chen who came to see him.

After dismissing the palace people, Emperor Jianhe asked calmly, "There are so many people here, what's the big deal?"

Dali Temple Minister Pei Jing paused, and reported Xue Yuesheng's surrender in detail.

Unexpectedly, Emperor Jianhe didn't get angry right away, but just asked lightly, "Can you find out? What he said is true?"

The three ministers looked solemn and answered in unison.

Emperor Jianhe turned to Song Chen who was standing beside him, and said, "Tell me what to do about this matter?"

Song Chen had already expected that his father would ask such a question, so he calmly expressed his opinion: "King Ning put in his staff to instigate the prince to rebel, kill brothers, and try to kill the king and usurp the throne. This is already an unforgivable felony. With vicious intentions, the title of prince should be deprived, and he should be deposed as a commoner."

Emperor Jianhe didn't seem to be surprised, but asked further: "If Prince Ning's Mansion is abolished, how will the southeast side be secured?"

"The military power will be returned to the imperial court, and the imperial court will garrison troops." Song Chen replied firmly.

Emperor Jianhe stared at him for a long time, for a long time, his eyes finally softened a little, he nodded and said: "Do as you say, and draw up an order tomorrow in my name."

"Yes." Everyone led the order to exit.

In his name, the feudal clan was cut, and the son's crimes were punished in the father's name.

another son...

Could this be the retribution for killing his brother back then?

Emperor Jianhe let out a sad laugh and coughed violently.

(End of this chapter)